The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Matt Badham spots that our chums on British comics mag Crikey! have posted up an interview with Rufus Dayglo:

“Crikey: Did you read many comics growing up? Which were your favourites? Which most influenced your art?

Rufus: I was incredibly lucky in that my parents not only allowed comics, but actively encouraged and indulged this rampant obsession. I had two obsessions: WWII and science fiction. From the earliest age, it was WWII comics, with Fleetway Picture Libraries being my favourite, stunning images of Germans being blown to bits by our gallant lads. Then it was 2000AD, Battle Picture Weekly, The New Eagle, Starlord, so many! And then there was the American stuff. From Marvel, I liked a lot of the toy-related comics: Godzilla, Shogun Warriors, Rom Space Knight, and GI Joe. I loved Larry Hama’s stuff. From DC (whom I massively preferred; they were my favourites, although more old-fashioned, more like Fleetway comics) there was Sgt Rock, Enemy Ace, The Unknown Soldier, GI Combat, Weird War Tales, Jonah Hex, Weird Western Tales… basically, anything that Joe Kubert did a cover for, I wanted.”

(art from The Royal Escape, coming soon from IDW, art by Rufus and pinched shamelessly from his blog)